Don't WasteYour Money Honey!

Ok here is a little short and sweet blog about saving a little dough. I ran to Wal-Mart to check out their beauty stuff just to see what they had and they actually carried the makeup line Hard Candy! I remember this line YEARS ago!! I was in 6th grade and got my first YM magazine (y'all remember that mag!?? Oh my gosh I loved that magazine!!) I learned so much from that magazine thst I still reference back to. I actually got it when our first Target in town opened...wow I'm getting old. Anywho the YM magazine had Gwen Stefani on the cover and it was the first "girlie" magazine I had ever had. I remember always reading my aunts "W" magazines and stuff like that and I was always interested in those but YM was for young girls and everything was very young & fresh and new and I was mesmerized!!




You remember this mag?? This magazine showed me new clothing to wear, different fashion styles and most importantly how to apply makeup. I credit a ton of what I do today to that magazine. When I was in junior high I would hang out at my house by myself at nights or during the weekends and I would study every single makeup tutorial and go out and get every single product I could find and really try to perfect my technique. I remember many nights sitting in front of my makeup mirror and applying makeup all night trying to get the perfect look.

The Covergirl ads at that time really took my breath alway. I think it was because it was my first time I started to pay attention to makeup and beauty. Here is one of my favorite ads at that time


I looked at everything that Nikki Taylor was wearing from Covergirl and begged my mom to go out and get it for me! Here's another ad




There as another Covergirl ad with these models in beautiful fall hues out in a bunch of leaves and this ad had a little booklet that showed all the different fall colors and this one made the most impact on me and unfortunately I can't find it online :(

Most of the makeup I would be able to get from the magazine was Covergirl or Revlon all the drug store brands that I was able to get. There were times where I would read about certain makeup lines but I could never find them, Hard Candy was one of those lines. It looked so cool to me, the packaging looked like candy and sweets and the colors popped and sparkled and everything looked so cool!!




Well 15 years later I see it at Wal-Mart! I felt like I was in 7th grade again (minus the bad hair, insecurities and immaturity) I got all excited and just couldn't even focus on the whole line. I purchased one thing in the line that I needed rather than purchasing everything I saw because the 26-year-old came out and decided to control my spending and be responsible (boo) so I got the concealer palette.




This is what I got the Hard Candy Nobody's Perfect Concealer Palette. It's about $8 and umm....I don't like it. What a bummer right??? I'm reminiscing on all these childhood memories. Warm and fuzzy thoughts of first falling in love with makeup and boom-disappointment. I will say if you want very light coverage than this will be great for you. I think it would work awesome for a young girl first learning how to apply makeup but for major coverage this is not good.
I love contouring and really giving the illusion of a perfect canvas. So I love a really even skin tone so this one did not cut it for me. It had a beautiful
Sheen to it but just not enough coverage. So don't waste your money.

For great even skin tone look I still love Covergirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Corrector first and then I apply Maybelline Fit Concealer on top and it's just perfection!!







I hope you enjoy!!



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